2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
2.4 Low
CVSS3
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
27.1%
Potential timing attack exists on websites where the basic authentication is used or configured, i.e. BASIC_AUTH_LOGIN
and BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD
is set. Currently the string comparison between configured credentials and the ones provided by users is performed through a character-by-character string comparison. This enables a possibility that attacker may time the time it takes the server to validate different usernames and password, and use this knowledge to work out the valid credentials. This attack is understood not to be realistic over the Internet. However, it may be achieved from within local networks where the website is hosted, e.g. from inside a data centre where a website’s server is located.
Sites protected by IP address whitelisting only are unaffected by this vulnerability.
This vulnerability has been fixed on version 0.3.4 of django-basic-auth-ip-whitelist. Update to version 0.3.4 as soon as possible and change basic authentication username and password configured on a Django project using this package.
Stop using basic authentication and use the IP whitelisting component only. It can be achieved by not setting BASIC_AUTH_LOGIN
and BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD
in Django project settings.
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
Thanks to Thibaud Colas for reporting this.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
django-basic-auth-ip-whitelist | lt | 0.3.4 |
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m38j-pmg3-v5x5
github.com/tm-kn/django-basic-auth-ip-whitelist/commit/effe05ed1ed9e1ccc675a65b69d36217e5c5dfc6
github.com/tm-kn/django-basic-auth-ip-whitelist/security/advisories/GHSA-m38j-pmg3-v5x5
groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/django-developers/iAaq0pvHXuA/fpUuwjK3i2wJ
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4071
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
2.4 Low
CVSS3
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
27.1%